No, the mix this year is pretty much spot-on. A lot of the patients Ive been seeing didn't get it, or got it just a day or two before presenting with symptoms (which DOES NOT mean they got it from the immunization).

Do I treat Glocks like I treat my lawn mowers? No, I treat them worse. I treat my defensive weapons like my fire extinguishers and smoke detector - annual maintenance and I expect them to work when needed

This is the first year I got a flu shot (it was free at the Veteran's Stand Down) and the first year in many that my husband didn't. Neither one of us has ever - to our knowledge - had the flu. And that's a total of nearly 137 flu-free years! (I just hate it when "news" articles say that people at a certain company have 100+ years of experience. Does that mean that 1 guy has 50 years, another 40, another 9, and the last hired 1 year? Totally meaningless.) (As is the total of my husband's & my flu-free years. )

This bug has really hit our part of the country. The local Eagle's Manor (retirement home where we have a few friends who reside there) shared it sickened many, many residents to the point where those not in the hospital were restricted to their rooms with meals catered to each room. It is just now hitting the school where I teach...this will be scary because my meds are used to shut down the immune system. The distribution of Tamiflu is the norm up here.

My husband and I did not get the flu shot this year even though I was admonished to by my OB. I just ran out of time. Then my 6 year old got the flu. I slept with him the first night, before I knew he had the flu, to keep tabs on his fever. Then I figured he was doomed and slept with him the second night after he had confirmed flu. His pediatrician prescribed Tamiflu, but it was $210 with insurance. We did not think the cost was equal to the benefit.

In the end, my husband and I avoided the flu. We washed our hands obsessively and lysoled the heck out of the house. I teach at a university a couple of times per week though. We will see if I last the rest of the season.